House passes bill to fast-track domestic mining of critical minerals

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The House passed a bill to expedite the domestic mining of critical minerals, aiming to decrease the United States’s reliance on China.

House lawmakers voted 224-195 on Wednesday to pass the Critical Mineral Dominance Act, written by Rep. Pete Stauber (R-MN), chairman of the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. The bill would codify specific provisions of President Donald Trump’s executive orders on domestic mining and hardrock mineral resources.

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